A sumptuous selection of Hermès scarves chosen from seven decades of creative innovation. The Hermès scarf is a style icon. Worn by royalty and celebrities, coveted and admired, and now avidly collected, this deceptively simple square of silk is much more than just a fashion accessory: it is the stuff of legend. Since the first scarf made its debut in 1937, the ...

Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Written By: Nadine Coleno

Make it yours. This inspirational guide with DIY attitude has everything you need to know about the world’s great T-shirt: how to cut it, sew it, deconstruct it, reconstruct it, and best of all, transform it. • Features more than 100 projects (plus 200 variations) for customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, T-skirts—even ...

Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Written By: Megan Nicolay

This volume demonstrates the techniques for the three-dimensional manipulation of fabric. It categorizes the techniques showing how they are related, giving examples of both modern and traditional variations. The techniques show how to reconstruct a flat piece of cloth using only a threaded needle.

• ISBN13: 9780801984969
• Condition: New
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Manufacturer: Chilton Book Company
Written By: Colette Wolff

This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum’s internationally renowned historic costume collection. The nearly 25,000-object collection comprises fashionable women’s and men’s garments and accessories from the 18th through the 20th century. It features sumptuous 19th-century gowns from the House of Worth, exquisite works by the ...

Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Written By: Jan Reeder

This collection covers all styles of tattoos from bold tribal pieces, Chines characters, and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs. Included are striking images of tattoos ranging from all-over “body suits” to individual motifs.

Manufacturer: Running Press
Written By: Lal Hardy

Starting with hand sewing - the basis for every haute couture garment - expert Claire Shaeffer guides the reader through the steps to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. She presents the sewing techniques practiced in the studios of such legendary designers as Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, and Balenciaga. Detailed instructions and illustrations make high style a snap.

• ISBN13: 9781561584970
• Condition: New
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Manufacturer: Taunton Press
Written By: Claire Shaeffer

Luxury and art have never been more closely linked than they are in these early years of the twenty-first century. Virtually all the world’s major luxury houses have associated themselves with contemporary art through sponsorships, commissions, or foundations, and these points of exchange nourish the increasingly symbiotic relationship between fashion, art, and other design disciplines. Of all ...

Manufacturer: Rizzoli

Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Start with a plate shape to learn the technique. Then experiment with four basic container styles to create round, oval, square, and other shapes. • Create purses, baskets, and bowls in an endless variety of sizes, shapes, and colors • Simply wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and ...

Manufacturer: That Patchwork Place
Written By: Susan Breier

Clinton Kelly won't just revamp your wardrobe -- he'll revamp your life!The huddled masses yearn to be fabulous, and finally Clinton Kelly is heeding their call. As co-host of TLC's popular What Not to Wear, he regularly transforms dumpy fashion disasters into traffic-stopping, get-an-instant-promotion, reignite-the-passion-in-that-relationship makeovers. But ...

Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Written By: Clinton Kelly

Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers is a modern, colorful, and up-to-date sewingguide that teaches fashion design students the construction skills they'll need to executetheir original designs in a professional environment. Each chapter covers a particulartheme such as seams, collars, and zippers and reflects the order of assemblyof any garment, offering many insights into ...

Manufacturer: Fairchild Pubns
Written By: Julie Christine Cole, Sharon Czachor